I would definitely be willing to pay for the current Waypoint content (maybe with an extra “premium only” podcast) but it’s a bit of a chicken/egg situation. I don’t think I’d feel comfortable paying the same as I would for say, Giant Bomb, purely on the basis that Waypoint is no longer able to produce video content. However if money from a similar subscription model would allow them to do video as well as audio (if that’s even something they’d be interested in) then I would happily support a higher subscription fee.

Wait, since when can Waypoint not do video content? I clearly wasn’t paying attention.

Anyway, I would definitely do it, as Waypoint is the only outlet I consistently follow other than GB, but I imagine making video content all the time would be difficult without the support of freakin’ CBS.

Addressed this request here . Believe me, this is something not only that I would love to snap my fingers and make happen, but something that Joel, the rest of the Waypoint team, and I put substantial time into making happen last year, only to hit a lot of (expected and unexpected) roadblocks. Once you start dealing with point of sale systems, the handling of private user information, the development of a delivery mechanism for subscriber-only content, etc., you’re talking about things that require the alignment of an entire, multi-billion dollar company towards those goals, which only happens if we can prove that it’s more than just our die hard fans that want this. As often as it seems like we’re operating in our own little corner of VICE, we’re actually just one more organ in a body, and the kidneys don’t determine how the stomach gets fed.

Obviously, this is still something on a big picture goal list for us, and something that could change in the future. But please know that we know that this is something a lot of y’all want!

So, I actually think something Austin touched on there is that it almost doesn’t matter how many people on the forums would. I would categorize anyone who actually went through the trouble of signing up for a forums account as a diehard fan of waypoint. Forums are, generally, full of the most passionate and involved people in any fanbase but are a small % of total users. I’m sure a lot of people here would be willing to pay for a premium subscription but I don’t know that is going to make the kind of business case they actually need for something like that.

I was thinking about this today and realized I would pay $10/month (Canadian) for a zine that featured stuff from the site’s favourite freelancers and artists. But it would need to be a physical item that they mail to my damn house. Or maybe it could be $20 quarterly like Killscreen was.

What I don’t want (or have time for) is a glorified Let’s Play subscription service like Giant Bomb premium.

I would love to, but as others have mentioned seems unlikely at least for the short-term due to all the issues with maintaining such a system. I would love to pay to get the Video content back ( I need to see Tactical Tuesdays come back ) and extra Podcast’s are always awesome. I would pay a sub in a heart beat, sounds like it’s something Austin is in favour of but reliant on the business case being there, hopefully at some point it is.